DUI charge reportedly follows difficult extrication

OLIVER SPRINGS — A late-morning crash which occurred Friday on the East Tri-County Boulevard resulted in two women being taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville … and one of them reportedly being charged with a DUI offense.

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By Russel Langley/The Oak Ridger

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By Russel Langley/The Oak Ridger

Posted Jul. 30, 2014 at 4:34 PM

By Russel Langley/The Oak Ridger
Posted Jul. 30, 2014 at 4:34 PM

OLIVER SPRINGS — A late-morning crash which occurred Friday on the East Tri-County Boulevard resulted in two women being taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville … and one of them reportedly being charged with a DUI offense.

Police chief Kenneth Morgan stated that 57-year-old Evelyn Lawson of Oliver Springs was stopped on Windrock Road waiting to turn west onto the boulevard when a Corvette reportedly driven by 49-year-old Glenda Keys of Harriman missed the turn and struck Lawson’s vehicle.

The driver’s side impact spun Lawson’s vehicle around and sent Keys’ Corvette into a nearby tree line, according to reports.

“Witnesses said that (Keys) did not even slow down,” Morgan told The Oak Ridger.

The police chief said both women suffered injuries and were taken to the UT Medical Center. Keys was taken by ambulance and was initially en route to Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge when the ambulance crew decided to divert and take her to Knoxville.

Lawson had to be extricated from her vehicle by Fire Department personnel who were using the “jaws of life” extrication equipment; then Lawson was transported by the LifeStar air ambulance.

Morgan said Keys was released from the hospital at about 6 p.m. Friday and was arrested by Oliver Springs police officers and charged with DUI, possession of Schedule I drugs, the sale and delivery of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

All of the drugs and paraphernalia were found in Keys’ car, according to OSPD’s Morgan.

Keys was booked into the Roane County jail; but, as of Monday morning, Keys had been released.